I hate my teeth. Feeling low.

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I really hate my teeth. When I was in me teens I had braces and had a gap opened up on one side to make space for composite bonding as my tooth is abnormally small, and a Maryland Bridge on the otherside where I have hypodontia, so a missing tooth that never grew. As an adult the composite bonded tooth has fallen off and I now have a tiny tooth, and the Maryland Bridge is now darker than the rest of my teeth. I also have huge fillings and was found to be dangerously low in vitamin D which a specialist said has likely contributed to my deteriorating teeth. I've now fixed the vit d issue and have to have regular blood tests, but I'm so annoyed I had dental work done in my childhood that I now cannot afford to replace as an adult. I hate my teeth so much. When my son goes to school and is no longer in nursery I can possibly afford to pay monthly for white fillings, a new bridge and some composite binding, but possibly might still be too expensive. Can anyone relate? I don't smile because of it...

Bumping as don't want to get lost. Hope to be feeling less anxious in the morning...

Yep.
My front tooth is a bridge due to failed root canal treatment. It fell out, the dentist took impressions for a new one but it’s hideous. It looks stupidly fake, has a gap at the top so doesn’t look like it’s coming out of my gum at all and, even worse, it’s so badly fitting it presses against the other front tooth causing pain and has caused all my teeth to move. Two side teeth are now starting to cross over because of the pressure of this tooth and I can now never eat out in public again because food gets all stuck all around the top of and in between my teeth. I’m so miserable and constantly in pain but I can’t afford to fix it and he was horrible when I went back a few times to try and sort the issue.

it seems like such a small thing but it has such a huge impact on your life doesn’t it? It really makes you self conscious.

I’m the exact same about my teeth… I waited a long time to have surgery and now they have moved around a little and even worse.
i have scheduled in to start braces to straighten them up once the free nursery hours start and I don’t have such a big childcare bill.
I got engaged recently and there is absolutely no way I would get married with my teeth how they currently are.

It's horrible isn't it. It's also awful that you can just be given dental treatments when you're a kid for free, which will definitely fail after 10-15 years and will cost hundreds or thousands to replace when you're an adult, with no knowledge or ability to understand what you're signing up for.

To fix my teeth I would need whitening, composite bonding x3, a new Maryland Bridge, and 6 white fillings. I'm guessing that would cost thousands...

I no longer smile.. and I am rapidly retreating from my loved ones as my teeth are fucked.
I can't afford one appointment with a private dentist, let alone the treatment.

I have nightmare teeth, and am off to the dentist again tomorrow for more basic work (I have a medical issue that makes them weak)

My first port of call if I won the lottery would be cosmetic dentistry.

I feel your pain OP